Supplement book



M. H. HARRIS SUPPLEMENT BOOK Oct. 9, 1945.

Filed June 10, I944 HTTOIFNEY Patented Oct. 9, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SUPPLEMENT BOOK Milton H. Harris, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application June 10, 1944, Serial No. 539,734

3 Claims;

This invention relates generally to books and particularly to bound volumes that have a permanent body of leaves bound between covers and are adapted to receive a removabl attachable supplement.

Such supplements are used to bring previously published volumes up to date. For example, permanently bound law books containing annotated statutory codes or digests of judicial decisions are subject to constant legislative amendment or judicial interpretation. Law book publishers meet this condition by periodically printing supplements Whose contents are arranged and intended for interpolation, into earlier permanent volumes.

In Letters Patent No. 2,272,086 granted to me February 3, 1942, I have pointed out it is desirable that these permanent volumes and their supplements, being related by a common subject matter, also should be physicall associated, that the physical connection should be such that it neither interferes with a contemporaneous search of the pages of both the permanent volume and its companion supplement, nor prevents a visual correlation of related sections from each.

I further pointed out that the, theretofore existing removable supplement books were constructed so that the leaves of its attached supplement turn in substantially the same orbit. Consequently, when the volume is open, it is impossible to turn the leaves of the attached supplement, and vice versa. For the same reason, it is impossible to have the leaves of both the permanent volume and its attached supplement fully open concurrently for joint examination.

In my said Letters Patent No. 2,272,086 I have disclosed a book with a replaceable supplement wherein the leaves of the permanent volume can be turned without interfering with the 'open leaves of its attached supplement and vice versa. It was an object of that invention to provide a book of this type wherein the permanent volume and its attached supplement concurrently could be fully open for joint examination.

However, in addition to features disclosed in my said prior Letters Patent, it is desirable to provide further features whereby the supplement not only can be folded out of its normal position from within the cover 50 that the supplement can be opened and concurrently examined in conjunction with the opened pages of the permanent volume but also to provide features whereby the supplement can be opened and read with the same facility as pages of the permanent volume when the supplement is in its normal position within the covers of the book. It is accordingly an object of the present invention to provide a book with supplement having all of the above mentioned desirable features.

Although the novel features which are believed to be characteristic of this invention will be pointed out in the appended claims, the invention itself, as to its objects and advantages, and the manner in which it may be carried out, may be better understood by referring to the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part hereof in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a blank which forms the coupling member to which the supplement leaves are secured.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view, partly broken away, showing the manner of attaching the supplement leaves to the coupling member; how the coupling member is removably inserted in the pocket of the cover of the permanent volume; and showing how the supplement may be folded into the book in such manner that its printed matter can be read with facility when the supplement lies in its normal position within the confines of the book covers; and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view, partly broken away, showing the position the supplement takes with relation to the book when it is folded out of the book cover for conjoint examination with open pages of the permanent volume.

Referring to the drawing the book which accommodates a replaceable supplement comprises front cover H, rear cover 9, back l2 and permanently bound leaves H1. The back is made Wider than the thickness of its body of leaves in order to provide space between the body of leaves l0 and the rear cover 9 to receive the removablesupplement, the difference in width being substantially equal to the thickness of the supplement to be accommodated. The leaves [0 are permanently bound to the back l2, in a manner well known, their bound edges being distributed along the back l2 from cover H to cover 9 in order to lend support to back [2.

The rear cover 9 has a layer 8 of material, such as reinforced paper or other suitable material, secured to the cover 9 at its forward edge to and its side edges 81). This layer 8 extends rearwardly to a point adjacent the back l2 and forms with the inner face of the rear cover 9 a pocket which opens vertically adjacent the back The supplement is formed of a coupling member designated generally by reference character 15 'leaves' Id of the permanent volume. notedthe printed matter I of the supplement is and a plurality of superimposed leaves [6 which are secured to the coupling member in a manner described in further detail hereinafter.

The blank, as shown in Fig. 1, which forms the coupling member l5, comprises a first or pocket arm I, a trunk l 3 articulated thereto and a second arm designated generally by reference character l4, articulated to the trunk. The coupling member is made of flexible material which is stiffer than the leaves 16. The arm .I is preferably tapered and of a sizeand shape allowing a snug but removable fit into the pocket formed by the layer 8 and inner surface of the rear cover 90f the permanent volume. The blank is scored along the line 5. hinged to the arm I which may be folded under the trunk l3. Thus when arm I is inserted in the pocket the trunk l 3 lies adjacent to upperportion of the rear cover and on top of the layer 8 (-see Fig. 3).

T'Ihe blank is .alsoscored along the line'4 thus providing a hinge between the trunk l3 and the arm I4. 'Ihe blank is also scored along the line 3 parallel-to the :hinge 4 thus dividing the arm I4: into two panels 11- and 18 respectively. -To facilitate fidescription; panel I! is hereinafter sometimes called the trunk connecting panel or firstpanel, and panel 18 is hereinafter sometimes called the sheet attaching panel or second panel.

The superimposed leaves I6 of the supplement areisecured to the second panel l8v on top of the panelas viewed in Fig. 1.

The sheets or leaves may be secured to the panel by staples along the :upper inner edge-of the supplement leaves. When the'leavesare thussecuredto the coupling member it is folded in such manner that panel I! is folded at the hinge 4 down on top of trunk l3 and panel i8 is reversely folded-along hinge 3' on to the reverse side of panel i1. "Consequently when thus'folded and the arm I is folded under trunk l'3, and this pocket arm is inserted in the pocket (see Figfiz) the supplement will lie within the bookcovers' in the same relative position as the It will be right side up and not upside down. Accord- 'ingly,-when in this normal position within the confines of the book covers 'theprinted pages of the supplement may be read with the same facility as the bound leaves of the permanent volume.

On the other hand, if it isdesired to examine a given page'or section in the permanent volume concurrently with corresponding pages or sections of the supplement, this may be accomplished with facility by merely unfolding the hinged panels ll-and min which case the arm I4 is flattened out-as shown in Fig. 3. And it will be noted the bottom edges of the supplement sheets [6 will lie just above and parallel to the upper edges of the pages 10 of the permanent volume. Consequently, thebook and supplement are conveniently held. in associated relation and the pages of each can be opened where desired so as to permit of examination concurrently of the related sections of the permanent volume and the supplement.

1t will'be observed that, Whereas in my prior patent when the supplement was folded into its normal position within the confines of the cover the printedmatter of the supplement was upside down, my present invention provides means whereby the printed matter of the supplement is right side up, not only when the supplement is folded out for concurrent examination with pages Accordingly, the trunk I3 is 'which supplement comprises a trunk, a pocket arm articulated thereto along the inner vertical edge of said trunk and adapted for insertion into the book pocket, a second arm articulated to said trunk along the upper horizontal edge of said trunk, said trunk and arms providing a coupling member to removably attach the supplement to the book, said second arm having two panels, one

articulated to the other, one of said panels forming a sheet attaching panel and the other forming a trunk attaching panel, and a plurality of superimposed supplement leaves having printed matter thereon secured at their upper inner edges to said sheet attaching panel, said sheet attaching panel being foldable onto the reverse side of said trunk attaching panel and said trunk attaching panelbeing foldable onto said trunk, said panels being foldable into the confines of the covers of the book when said pocket arm is in said pocket and in said infolded position the supplement leaves lie Within said confines with their inner edge parallel and adjacent to the back of the book, and said panels being unfoldable to outside the confines of the covers of the book and in said outfolded position the supplement leaves lie outside said confines with their lower edges parallel and adjacent to the upper edges of said covers, said printed matter being right side up inboth of said positions.

2. A book having a last page and a rear cover between which may be accommodated a supplement, said book having a pocket adjacent the inside of said rear cover, a coupling member and a body of superimposed supplement leaves having printed matter thereon, said leaves being of a size to fit between said last page and rear cover when the book is closed, said coupling member comprising a trunk, a pocket arm hinged to said trunk along the inner vertical edge of said trunk and inserted in said pocket, a first panel hinged to said trunk along the upper horizontal edge of said trunk and adapted to be folded into and out of the confines of the covers of said book, a second panel hinged to said first panel to which is secured said body of supplement leaves at their upper inside edges, said second panel carrying said body of leaves into and out of the confines of said covers in response to folding of said first panel into and out of the confines of said covers, said printed matter remaining right side up .when said panels are either within or without. the confines of said covers and the body of supplement leaves lying between saidlast page and rear cover with'their inner edges parallel and adjacent to the inner edge of said last page when said panels are folded within the confines of said covers.

3. A combination of a book and pocket supplement wherein the book has a pocket on the inside of one of its covers, said supplement comprising a pocket arm insertable in said pocket with a snu fit, a trunk hinged to a vertical border of said pocket arm, the upper horizontal border of said trunk extending along the upper edge of said cover when said arm is inserted in said pocket, a second arm extending from said trunk, said second arm having two panels, the first of said panels being hinged to said trunk along its said horizontal border and said second panel being hinged to said first panel along a line parallel to said horizontal border, and a plurality of superimposed supplement leaves having printed matter thereon secured to said second panel at the inner vertical edges of said leaves, said arm and trunk being made of material stiffer than said leaves, said panels being foldable into the confines of thecovers of said book when said pocket arm is in said pocket and in said infolded position the supplement leaves lie within said confines with their inner edges parallel and adjacent to the back of said book, and said panels being unfoldable to outside the confines of said covers and in said outfolded position the supplement leaves lie outsid said confines with their lower edges parallel and adjacent to the upper edges of said covers, said printed matter being right side up in both of said positions.

MILTON H. HARRIS. 

